The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-06-02
A VERY TRANSPARENT AFFAIR,


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Then wiaders mnsl be cleabed today
snd this very mornin', loo; I'm fairly
ashamed Of EN-; they're 30 dirty sir
scarcely sec throBgh EN-. They bad orlei
been done las, week.
CyrIls Ann sighed when she thought oi
all that had been done last week, aud
The greater. much greater part by hel
own poor little bands. which still bore Tbs
marks Of many cuts, burns, scratcbesIand
bruises In testimony thereof. The carpets
had been taken up. shaken aud laid again
the dining room and parlor stoves taken
down aud carried TO the earret, walls
washed. furniture polished, clothes closets
rid OF everything pertaining TO eold wealth.
er. and filled with things pertaining to
warm, aud with all the rest the regular
work OF the house had gone Oh mnch the
same as nsual-cooking, washing. ironing.
sweeping. dusting. scrubbipg, etc,
Why. Cyrilla Ann bad not laid her head
on her pillow a single night Of the six
before eleven or twelve O'Clock. although
that same bead had to be Of the pillow at
bali pas, five sharp every morning.
The parlor windows couldn't have been
squeezed into last weeks doiDgs, no mat
ter what Mrs. feezs choose to think aud
say about it. And now the weather had
turned so very cold. An icy wave, mali
ciously left behind by grufi old winter to
veI his successor. and which bad been
prophesied for several days, had come at
last in earnest, and Cyrilla Ann dreaded
those Windows They we're long and wide
and she would be obliged to stand on the
old fashioned balcony house was
corner one aud fully exposed to the ex
tremely windy spring winds do the
outside OF them.
Poor girl can't imagine how she got
through all the work Of the Feezs house
hold - which was one of those exactiug
ones which demand more labor than many
times their size for she was a small body
aud did not look very strong. But it was
easy to tell by the expression OF her mouth
when she closed it firmly, as she often did,
that when Cyrila lacked in strength she
made up in grit, and that when she had
determined to do thing she'd do it or
die in the attempt. Besides this firm
mouth Cyrilla Ann had pair OF soft, gray
eyes with long, dark eyelashes. and heavy,
dark, arched eyebrows, nose we'll
somewhat PIGGY, but not at all unattract
lively SO, and diuple 10 her round chin
for which many millionairess would have
parted with untold gold. This dimple
was a source Of the greatest yexation TO
her mistress, Mrs Feeze. That eslimable
woman bad no dimples, no soft. gray eyes,
nor long, silken lashes, nor arched eye
brows nor funny little pug nose Her
,yes were cold light blue. Her lashes
we're short and scanty. and she did not
have the sign Of an eyebrow when she
forgot to make them with crayon. Her
lose was long and thin SO was her chin.
And her mouth was one OF those straight,
lpless ones that seldom. if ever, open to
10y anything pleasant. Cyrllla AIMS dim
Die was the last straw that broke the
,amel's back with Mrs. Feez,. She could,
,y trying hard, endure in silence whatever
'ther claims the girl had to prettiness, but
ho dimple was too much. "lf / was
,al and had such a ridiculous hole as that
n my chin, I'd fill it up with putty, if !
ouldn't get rid Of it any other way, she'd
ay when she couldn't find anything else
o scold about. And then Cyrilla Ann for
be life OF her couldn't help smiling and
he dimple would grow deeper than ever,
nd Mrs Feeze would turn away with
oss OF her head and contemptuous sniff.
Cyrills Ann was On orphan. Mrs. Feeze
ad taken her from the asylum when she /
as only ten years old. Her own daughter
aving married and left her-and they do '
ny she was glad TO go -sbe took Cyrilla {
nm ito fill the place 10 heart and home.'
his is what she said. But heaven save
be mark II sll orphan girls taken to fill
carts and homes have to work as hard as |
yrilla Ann. they'd much prefer, | am $
ertain, TO be hired as servants at regular a
ages. II
Well, TO go lack TO the parlor windows. I
Have EN- done by the time ! get home 3
.om msrkit. You've nothing else to do il
ut scour the knives, and bring up coil 1
I'D sift the ashes, aud scrub the kitchen,
ld bake pan Of biscuits, said Mrs. n
eeze. And having already donned cloak c
Id bonnet, she drew on her WOODEN init
ns and departed. a
"Ill 20 At them right away and then /,
ley'l be off my mind" declared Cyrila
nn, as sbe heard the street door close. /,
nd In moment more up stairs she went, a
Irrying pail OF water, some soft, white
oths, and an old newspaper, and going Ii
to the gloomy psrlor, began briskly at
e window nearest the stoop. v
Now il happened that the young man b
no had set himself up 10 the shoe bust II
,ss across the way about menth before, "
as at that very moment polishing the Il
itsiie OF his shop window. aud CHANGING ii
look in the direction Of the opposite n
'rner be Immediately spied Cyrills Ann.
seems he could see through Mrs Feezs's i
IrIor Windows II Mrs. feeze conldn't d
I'd what does the young man do bnt O
rn the key 10 the shop door. pull il on, :,
the lock. drop il into his pocket. rush \
ross the street and upon that balcony, Al
rrying with him big, vet sponge and A
q. dry chsmois. ''lt's too cold for you 3,
come out here" be called through the n
ass, putting bis face so close TO il that II "a
ere had been DO pane you would have a